| 100% | ANEW | 4 | Pet Shop Boys "Cause you're ___ York City boy" |
| 45% | ALWAYSONMYMIND | 14 | Pet Shop Boys Top 5 song with the lyrics "I guess I never told you / I am so happy that you're mine" (4 wds.) |
| 42% | ITSASIN | 7 | Pet Shop Boys song |
| 41% | DUO | 3 | Pet Shop Boys, e.g. |
| 41% | POPDUO | 6 | Pet Shop Boys, e.g. |
| 40% | END | 3 | Pet Shop Boys song "West ___ Girls" |
| 40% | NEIL | 4 | Pet Shop Boys lead singer Tennant |
| 40% | CHRISLOWE | 9 | Pet Shop Boy, alongside Neil Tennant |
| 40% | OPPORTUNITIES | 13 | Pet Shop Boys Top 10 song with the lyrics "I've got the brains / You've got the looks / Let's make lots of money" |
| 40% | RELEASE | 7 | 2002 Pet Shop Boys Album |
| 40% | NEIL | 4 | Tennant of Pet Shop Boys |
| 39% | ITS | 3 | "__ a Sin": Pet Shop Boys hit |
| 39% | NEIL | 4 | Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys |
| 38% | CHRISLOWE | 9 | Neil Tennant's Pet Shop Boys' partner |
| 38% | ITS | 3 | "___ a Sin" ('87 Pet Shop Boys hit) |
| 38% | DOMINO | 6 | __ Dancing, Pet Shop Boys hit of 1988 |
| 38% | DUO | 3 | Indigo Girls or Pet Shop Boys, for example |
| 38% | PLEASE | 6 | The Pet Shop Boys' politely named debut album |
| 38% | ETC | 3 | "Love ___," Pet Shop Boys dance hit of 2009 |
| 37% | WEST | 4 | With 56-Across and 57-Across, Pet Shop Boys #1 song with the lyrics "In every city, in every nation / From Lake Geneva to the Finland Station" |
| 36% | END | 3 | "West ___ Girls" (1986 #1 hit for the Pet Shop Boys) |
| 36% | SYNTHS | 6 | Prominent instruments in the Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls” |
| 35% | FIFTHAVENUE | 11 | Fashionable shopping area in New York City |
| 35% | MANHATTAN | 9 | The island where you find New York City |
| 34% | TOUCAN | 6 | You might see a big bill from this at a pet shop |
| 33% | CAB | 3 | Common sight in New York City (except when you need one) |
| 32% | BUS | 3 | Common public transport option that you can use in New York City |
| 32% | LIBRA | 5 | Andreas Vollenweider, Jon Secada, or the Pet Shop Boys' Chris Lowe, say (all born on October 4) |
| 32% | ASIN | 4 | "It's ___" (Pet Shop Boys hit) |
| 32% | END | 3 | "West ___ Girls" (Pet Shop Boys hit) |